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同义词辨析:valuable、expensive、precious、costly、dear

 外语行天下 2020-07-22

导航意思: 贵重的,昂贵的

valuable:

解析: valuable强调十分值钱的。

例句: His wife was wondering where he put their most valuable belongings.

翻译: 他的妻子很想知道他把他们最值钱的财物放在哪里。

例句: Two valuable paintings were stolen from that museum last night.

翻译: 那个博物馆昨晚有两幅名贵的画失窃。

expensive:

解析: expensive强调花钱多、价格高的。

例句: This apartment is too expensive for me to buy.

翻译: 这套公寓太贵了,我买不起。

例句: They went to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate her birthday.

翻译: 他们去城里最贵的餐馆庆祝她的生日。

precious:

解析: precious强调稀有且价值不菲的。

例句: There is a crown set with precious jewels in his safe.

翻译: 他保险箱里有一个嵌满贵重宝石的王冠。

例句: The crown was set with precious jewels─diamonds, rubies and emeralds.

翻译: 王冠上镶嵌着稀世珍宝——有钻石、红宝石、绿宝石。

costly:

解析: costly较正式用词,指花费太多钱的,尤指超过愿意支付的价钱的。

例句: Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy.

翻译: 买这么一套家具要花很多钱。

例句: He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings.

翻译: 他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。

dear:

解析: dear指价格贵的,通常作表语。

例句: Everything is so dear now.

翻译: 现在什么东西都这么贵。

例句: CDs here are much dearer than in the States.

翻译: 这儿的 CD 价格比美国那边贵多了。

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